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Letten Perm No. 105,238, and Jury 12, 1870.

Rename-NT In semence ron seme onsnPows-ns.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making pari cf the same To whom c't may concer-n.1 l

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. OSGOOD, 0f Coloma, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Appamtus for Staking Horse-Powers; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the drawing, and tothe letters of rference marked i thereon and being a part of this specification.

inthe accompanying drawing my apparatus for securing horse-powers to the 'ground is shown 'in perspective. l

The nature of this invention. relates to a new, sim-- pie, and ingenious device whereby horse-powers are more firmly stalked to the ground than iu the ordinary manner, with a great saving of manual labor in so doing and in a tithe of' 'the time usually employed.

It consists in diiving two suitable stakes into the ground just outside the alternate opposite corners of horse-power frame or bed, and securing the same 'to themby means of proper swivels, as more'fully hereinafter set forthl In tbe drawing-- A represents the bed-llame of a horse-power,.on the sides, near the ends, 4id extending over'the top edge, at alternate' opposite corners, are the metallic hooks B, snitably fastened to the lied-frame by bolts accompanying' or otherwise.' The hook is designed to engage with the eye" a of the swivel C, as shown, the other end of which is providedA with a suitable loop, b, to receive the stake D.

Eis a lng on the side of the vhorse-power, against -which the stake D is driven e'ectually preventing the bed-frame from being slipped endwise.

In order to better understaudmy invention I will suppose the= horse-power has been placed on the ground where it is desired to be secured, near the end of the bed-frame, and in the angle formed by it and the end of" the lugE the stake 1) is driven; the loop b on the swivel C is then slipped over the end thereof, the other end .engaging with the hook B; the swivellink is then turned in the usual manner until the stake is drawn 11p-solidly against the fmmc, which .A firmly binds the said flame to the stakes, as shown.

What I claim as my iuventon,-and desire to secu by Letters Patent, is l The swivel'O, provided with eye a and loop b, iu combination with the hook B and stake -D, for the purpose of securing the bed A of a horsef'power, or

' equivalent purposes, to the ground, as herein set forth.

WILLIAM SIMPSON. 

